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Martin van Meytens

1695 - 1770

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Martin van Meytens (24 June 1695 – 23 March 1770) was a Swedish-Austrian painter who painted members of the Royal Court of Austria such as Marie Antoinette, Maria Theresa of Austria, Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, the Emperor's family and members of the local aristocracy. His painting style inspired many other painters to paint in a similar format. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Martin van Meytens is the 1,139th most popular painter (down from 868th in 2019), the 445th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 326th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Swedish Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Martin van Meytens ranks 1,139 out of 2,023. Before him are Nicolas Froment, George Romney, Taddeo di Bartolo, Frank Dicksee, Torii Kiyonaga, and Antoine Caron. After him are Jenny Nyström, Ugolino di Nerio, Corneille Guillaume Beverloo, Zdeněk Burian, Bartolomeo Carducci, and Franz Kline.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1695, Martin van Meytens ranks 11. Before him are Henri Pitot, Adrien Manglard, John Bevis, Louis Armand II, Prince of Conti, Giuseppe Sammartini, and François de Cuvilliés. After him are Carl Gustaf Tessin, Johann Christian Günther, Edward Braddock, and Gustaf Lundberg. Among people deceased in 1770, Martin van Meytens ranks 13. Before him are Marie-Anne de Cupis de Camargo, Thomas Chatterton, George Grenville, Jean-Antoine Nollet, George Whitefield, and James Stirling. After him are Carl Gustaf Tessin, Georg Dionysius Ehret, Francesco Araja, Charles Avison, Christopher Middleton, and Mark Akenside.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Martin van Meytens ranks 445 out of 1,879. Before him are Knut Nordahl (1920), Carola Häggkvist (1966), Ebba Brahe (1596), Alexander Skarsgård (1976), Björn Nordqvist (1942), and Princess Sophia of Sweden (1547). After him are Bernhard Karlgren (1889), Jenny Nyström (1854), Erik Nilsson (1916), Per Oscarsson (1927), Katarina Taikon (1932), and Anna Palm de Rosa (1859).

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Among PAINTERS In Sweden

Among painters born in Sweden, Martin van Meytens ranks 9. Before him are Alexander Roslin (1718), John Bauer (1882), Odd Nerdrum (1944), Amalia Lindegren (1814), Bruno Liljefors (1860), and Eugène Jansson (1862). After him are Jenny Nyström (1854), Anna Palm de Rosa (1859), Richard Bergh (1858), Jeanna Bauck (1840), Gustaf Cederström (1845), and Fanny Brate (1861).

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